by Roy Matheson, ADAC | Roy Matheson Blog
An employer has the right to change work methods, production targets, and qualification standards as business necessity dictates. As the number of qualified individuals who have an in-place reasonable accommodation grows, those of us who manage these human resources...
by Roy Matheson, ADAC | Roy Matheson Blog
Nobody In My Department Works With Limitations… Albert E. Gucker was a 30-year veteran at U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works Tractor Shop. During 8 of those years he had a 30-pound lifting restriction imposed by company physicians. The presence of the restriction meant...
by Roy Matheson, ADAC | Roy Matheson Blog
Return to Blog Page A consent decree signed in Minneapolis this month seems to be the final chapter in the story of Human Resources Manager Patricia Lebens and her former employer. It’s a story of post-discharge reporting of possible employment discrimination,...
by Roy Matheson, ADAC | Roy Matheson Blog
Part of the magic of the reasonable accommodation interactive process is the two-party conversation that takes place. The success of the conversation predicts the success of a mutually agreed upon solution. A difficult conversation points to a less successful...
by Roy Matheson, ADAC | Roy Matheson Blog
The temperature at dawn today was minus 18 degrees. My day today is about bringing in more firewood, working on an online curriculum for a new course, and writing a blog or two. The pleasant thing about splitting or moving firewood is that I get into the flow of...
by Roy Matheson, ADAC | Roy Matheson Blog
Return to Blog Page Last month’s Cessna Aircraft settlement with the EEOC brings into focus many of the reasons I redirected my life’s work in rehabilitation and employment testing to focus on the challenges and benefits presented by Title I of the ADA. As I...
